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So, I really like the paper form, and have been rebuilding it in Excel for my own exercise (I can post if anyone wants). I am confused by section 4 "Amount Due Dealer" -- why is this so high, am I doing something wrong? The way I read it, the whole adjusted capitalized cost (1K) is due to the dealer upfront, this cannot be correct. Also, why does the BMWFS (on the sheet as "LRFS") assignment fee show up down here as well as the first section?

So, I really like the paper form, and have been rebuilding it in Excel for my own exercise (I can post if anyone wants). I am confused by section 4 "Amount Due Dealer" -- why is this so high, am I doing something wrong? The way I read it, the whole adjusted capitalized cost (1K) is due to the dealer upfront, this cannot be correct. Also, why does the BMWFS (on the sheet as "LRFS") assignment fee show up down here as well as the first section?

Amount due is Capitalized Cost Reduction (i.e. down payment to reduce the Capitalized Cost). Also the acquisition fee can either be rolled into the lease (capitalized) or paid upfront. You can put it in one place or the other, but obviously not both. Decide what works best for you.

Hello Mr. Shafer. I just wanted to introduce myself to you and let you know that you have greatly inspired me tonight. I am graduating college this spring and have decided to take a position as a Client Advisor in Florida, where I was a sales intern last summer. I could probably go sell insurance or take some boring finance job but my love for cars has pushed me in this direction and I am dedicated to putting in the long hours and effort in order to one day be a successful BMW C.A such as yourself. I say you inspired me because I'm constantly thinking of new ideas in order to generate leads before I actually start in July. One of my ideas, which I guess you beat me to years ago, was to try and reach customers through BMW forums. I'm an active member on cobaltss.net which is why I thought of this. I was actually searching google to see if I could find a forum for just client advisors to interact on and I ended up coming across your page which was pretty crazy in my opinion since yesterday I was just telling my friend about possibly trying to reach some customers through BMW forums by providing information such as monthly residuals etc. I've spent a good amount of time on bimmerfest as a non subscribed user in order to read about and research different questions that go through my mind regarding Bmw's. I know this is a long message but I wanted to let you know that I think it is awesome what you do on this website. Do you know if any C.A's are active forum members in South Florida? I hope I don't seem like a troll or anything. I was just excited to find an experienced Client Advisor to interact with who has similar ideas as me. -Phil

Hello Mr. Shafer. I just wanted to introduce myself to you and let you know that you have greatly inspired me tonight. I am graduating college this spring and have decided to take a position as a Client Advisor in Florida, where I was a sales intern last summer. I could probably go sell insurance or take some boring finance job but my love for cars has pushed me in this direction and I am dedicated to putting in the long hours and effort in order to one day be a successful BMW C.A such as yourself. I say you inspired me because I'm constantly thinking of new ideas in order to generate leads before I actually start in July. One of my ideas, which I guess you beat me to years ago, was to try and reach customers through BMW forums. I'm an active member on cobaltss.net which is why I thought of this. I was actually searching google to see if I could find a forum for just client advisors to interact on and I ended up coming across your page which was pretty crazy in my opinion since yesterday I was just telling my friend about possibly trying to reach some customers through BMW forums by providing information such as monthly residuals etc. I've spent a good amount of time on bimmerfest as a non subscribed user in order to read about and research different questions that go through my mind regarding Bmw's. I know this is a long message but I wanted to let you know that I think it is awesome what you do on this website. Do you know if any C.A's are active forum members in South Florida? I hope I don't seem like a troll or anything. I was just excited to find an experienced Client Advisor to interact with who has similar ideas as me. -Phil

Thanks for the post Phil, the inspiration is mutual!

While I don't have any colleagues in Florida, longtime Bimmerfest guru Adrian Avila is in Georgia.
He's a great guy, and I'm sure if you reached out to him he could be helpful in getting started..